I am an environmental scientist and work full time to restore the
Truckee River. This will be my 4th year at Burning Man. I am truly
amazed at how well the people who attend this event respect and treat
the Black Rock Desert. I am also amazed at how well people treat each
other and respect each other at this event. There is very very little
crime at this event. I whish our regular society behaved like this.
The world would be a much better and more peaceful place. I do not
see the need for so much law enforcement? The Black Rock belongs to
the people and we are making proper and good use of it. We pay your
salary and you work for us. Your increases in fees for this event are
not justified and they are wrong.

The following is a canned letter drafted by Burning Man Staff. It
covers the issues at hand very well and I agree with it 100%. So let
me echo those words to you as if they were my own:

Thank you for cooperating with Burning Man over the years. You have
helped to enrich my life by making the Burning Man event a reality.
I enjoy being able to use my public lands for recreation and self-
_expression as a Burning Man participant. Moreover, I support
Burning Man as the largest Leave No Trace event in the world.

I am troubled by the BLM's plan to charge Burning Man even more money
this year. The BLM already gets over $700,000 from Burning Man, which
is more than sufficient. I want to voice my opinion that this plan
is not what the users of public land want. I see the BLM's plan to
charge Burning Man for local law enforcement costs and staff working
at the event as the government's way of unfairly eroding the
cooperation between Burning Man and the BLM.

The Federal Land Policy Management and Management Act (43 U.S.C.
section 1733(d)) places the responsibility of enforcing state and
local laws on the BLM; not on Burning Man. Also, I am appalled that
the BLM would even consider charging fees for fundamental health and
safety personal that are mandated by the permit to work at Burning
Man, and who do not purchase a ticket to the event.

The organizers of Burning Man do an incredible job of providing the
entire necessary infrastructure for a large temporary city. I see no
valid reasons to cap the population of Black Rock City. I think this
attempt is arbitrary and capricious.

Burning Man is an extremely orderly and organized event. I believe
it is the greatest experiment in self-policing community in the
world, and it would be difficult for the BLM to disagree with that
statement. Furthermore, the Black Rock Rangers do an excellent job
of keeping the event safe. I strongly oppose the BLM's plan to
dictate who the organizers must evict from Black Rock City.

In summary, please remove the stipulations requiring Burning Man to
pay for local law enforcement and staff at the event. Also, please
remove the population cap and the stipulation about evictions. Thank
you.